Translation of "household maintainer " (English → French) :

The latest research results have concluded that food insecurity is at 24%. The poverty level is up to 30%, and 44% of the households maintain minimum comfort budgets.

(18) It is important that gas supply is maintained, particularly as regards household customers, as well as other protected customers such as schools and hospitals, in cases in which the market cannot continue to supply them.

(Return tabled) Question No. 55 Mr. Alex Atamanenko: With respect to the 2007 Canadian Wheat Board barley plebiscite: (a) how much money has the government spent on its campaign for " marketing choice" , from all federal sources since January 26, 2006, in relation to (i) advertising in daily and weekly newspapers, (ii) radio advertisements, (iii) roundtables, (iv) the Task Force on Marketing Choice; (b) how many meetings have taken place since the 2006 federal election between representatives of Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association and other agri-business corporations and government officials where “marketing choice” and the Canadian Wheat Board was a topic of discussion and (i) on what dates did these meetings take place, (ii) who p ...[+++]resided over these meetings, (iii) who was present at these meetings; (c) which marketing, advertising, consulting and professional or independent agencies did the government consult with respect to how to frame the ballot questions for the barley plebiscite; (d) did any of these marketing, advertising, consulting and professional or independent agencies provide the government with written reports on how to frame the ballot questions for the barley plebiscite and, if so, on what dates were they provided; (e) what verbal or written instructions were given to KPMG, the accounting firm hired by the government to conduct the barley plebiscite, regarding the administration processes to be employed for any aspect of the barley plebiscite that KPMG was to be responsible for; (f) what is the government's position in regard to the use of numbered and traceable ballots in official election or plebiscite processes and in what way does this position justify using numbered and traceable ballots in the barley plebiscite; (g) at any time throughout the barley plebiscite, was the government informed or aware (i) that KPMG was contacting households by telephone seeking authorization to destroy certain ballots that had been submitted ...

It is therefore considered appropriate to maintain the authorisation to use composted or fermented household waste in organic farming under the present conditions but with no further limitation in time.

(5) In view of the growing gas market in the Community, it is important that the security of gas supply is maintained, in particular as regards household customers.

As I said, maintaining a household for two persons is cheaper than maintaining two separate one-person households.